Respiratory health : Frequency of asthma, wheezing and allergies in Inuit children in relation to indoor air quality

Respiratory Health: Frequency of Asthma, Wheezing and Allergies in Inuit Children in Relation to Indoor Air Quality BACKGROUND OF THE NUNAVIK INUIT HEALTH health indicators, physical measurements, and social, SURVEY environmental and living conditions, thus permitting a thorough update of the health and well-being profile of The monitoring of population health and its determinants the Inuit popula [...] The target population of the survey was permanent The survey showed that health patterns of the population residents of Nunavik, excluding residents of collective were in transition and reflected important lifestyle dwellings and households in which there were no Inuit changes. [...] A sedentary lifestyle, the Guard Ship Amundsen, thanks to a grant obtained from switch to a cash-based domestic economy, the the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the modernization of living conditions and the increasing Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada (ArcticNet). [...] The prevalence rates of current and The goal of the respiratory health survey of the Inuit of lifetime asthma, as well as wheezing were examined in Nunavik was to ascertain the prevalence of asthma and relation to allergy status and exposure to environmental allergies among Inuit children aged 0-14, in relation to variables, such as passive smoking, overcrowding and exposure to various obtainable [...] The prevalence of the use of asthma medication in children with wheezing was 47.4% This survey of respiratory symptoms in the Inuit compared to 63.6% in those with severe wheezing.